You know how at the end of your day before you head home from work, you stop off at various stores if you have things you need to get? Well, all I can say is that this must be nice! I try to do this, but I find that if i need things other than groceries, I am out of luck. There is no end to the availability of groceries for me at 7 am on my way home from Ezras. Fairway is open 24 hours, Citarella opens at 7, Westside market is open 24 hours. It’s all groceries all the time. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not complaining, I’m just wishing the other shops in the area would take on this early opening plan.
I am often walking home from Ezras thinking about the things I need to get and am walking by the stores in which these items lie and yet cannot get them without breaking the law. I need a card to send to Autumn. Wouldn’t it be handy if Papyrus was open now? Yes it would. But, no, I have to go home, sleep and then go back out later to the same store and get the card then. Let’s also talk about how early stores close. A prime example is Crate and Barrel which closes at 8. Eight? In the “city that never sleeps”? Pah! And a lot of stores close at 6! What is happening here?
Night shift workers get no respect! Is it really my fault that I sleep during the day and don’t really get motivated to do things until late in the night? No! I am a product of a 24 hour system. Somebody has to work nights and doesn’t that same somebody deserve to purchase greeting cards when she’s on her way home from work? I think so. And it’s not like I have these high expectations in Weatherford, Oklahoma. It’s New York Crappin’ City! Open early and stay open late. Get it together, retailers! So, that’s my rant for the week. Happy week of Maren’s birthday to you all!
